The Quilt Skipper

quilting makes me skip for joy

Jenny K Lyon

Quilting makes me skip for joy

Judge not?

I know many quilters are reluctant to have their work judged. I want to actually encourage you to consider having your work judged. Some quilters will bristle at this, but I have found that I have learned a lot from having my work judged. There is a belief by some that judges are evil Quilt […]

May Master Design Class-Flying Low

“The function of the overwhelming majority of your artwork is simply to teach you how to make the small fraction of your artwork that soars….even the failed pieces are essential” Art and Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland This month I did not soar! May’s assignment in my Design Master Class was another “learning […]

Fern Tutorial-For Beginners With Experience and Beyond!

I am passionate about teaching free motion quilting-I really want anyone interested to know that they CAN quilt their own work! I am always looking for motifs and projects that help beginners feel competent and to put them on the road to loving free motion quilting. Ferns are surprisingly easy to quilt, definitely in the […]

Being A Mindful Quilter

I’m still here! It’s been a wild 3 weeks of travel with 3 consecutive trips with just a day or so in between. I’ve wanted to write about this whole concept of mindfulness for awhile. This comes up in class a lot. I think mindfulness is an important subject, far removed from all the technical […]